A Maltese investigative journalist who exposed the island nation's links to offshore tax havens through the leaked Panama Papers was killed Monday when a bomb exploded in her car, the prime minister said.

A Maltese investigative journalist who exposed the island nation's links to offshore tax havens through the leaked Panama Papers was killed Monday when a bomb exploded in her car, the prime minister said.

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Cassie Sainsbury was forced to act as drug mule after responding to Craigslist ad, lawyer claims

Accused drug mule Cassie Sainsbury was threatened by an international drugs syndicate which forced her to act as a drug mule, after responding to a ‘too-good-to-be-true’ Craigslist advertisement, her lawyer claims.

Ms Sainsbury was arrested allegedly trafficking 5.8kg of cocaine at Bogota Airport on April 12.

Mr Herron told 60 Minutes Ms Sainsbury had got into financial strife with her gym business in Australia.

On the website Craigslist she found someone offering a loan and a trip to London – but at the last minute the itinerary was changed to Hong Kong, Los Angeles and then Bogota.

Her defence team claims she was going to back out at the last minute, but was threatened by a mystery man who showed her photos of her fiancé and family and made demands that she had no choice but to comply with.

Mr Herron told 60 Minutes the threat was akin to: “If you don’t get to fly, we will be threatening or killing your family or you”.

Two co-workers told reporter Tom Steinfort she lied to them for financial advantage, claiming her mother had died. They donated hundreds of dollars each to help Ms Sainsbury cover funeral costs, but then were astonished to see her mum was in fact alive and well on news vision emerging from Colombia over the last fortnight.

Her mother Lisa Sainsbury told 60 Minutes she believes her daughter is innocent and will support her no matter what.

“I’ve believed from the first second that I found out, that she’s innocent. And I still believe it to this day,” Lisa said.

“I don’t think it’s blind faith. It goes against everything she stands for and I believe she’s 100 percent innocent and I always will.

“It’s hard. If I could pack up and move here I would.

“(Cassie’s) scared sh-tless. She thinks she’s running out of time.”

Ms Sainsbury has previously said she is pushed around by other inmates because she’s a foreigner.

60 Minutes spoke to a former inmate, identified only as Katherine, who spent five years inside the El Buen Pastor women’s prison for smuggling marijuana within Colombia and is still in regular contact with current inmates.

“Yes, it’s dangerous but like any part of the world you make your own luck,” she told Bartlett.

“It’s not because she’s a foreigner, it’s because of Cassie’s attitude. She has to learn to get along with everybody. Be silent, and be respectful.”

During filming with 60 Minutes, Lisa and Khala were finally approved a visitation with Ms Sainsbury – their first face-to-face conversation since she was charged.

They told Bartlett she was “beautiful” and they were “very” happy to have seen her. They said she was realistic about her fate, which could be decades behind bars.

“She doesn’t want it to be, but she knows it’s a possibility,” Lisa said.

Lisa said she had not yet had contact with her daughter’s fiancé Scott Broadbridge, although he had been in contact with Khala, and has visited Ms Sainsbury in prison.

Cassandra Sainsbury (right) and her fiance Scott Broadbridge.

“I would like to ask him, but I don’t see that happening with everything that’s going on,” she said.

“I have suspicions about a lot of people. There’s [sic] people out there that know stuff, and I mean, Scott’s acted a bit indifferent towards us, I’ll agree to that, but I don’t know.”

The Colombian prosecutor has confirmed Mr Broadbridge is an official person of interest and wants to interview him. It is not clear why the prosecutor wants to speak with Mr Broadbridge and 60 Minutes is not aware of any evidence against him.